Ålesund

• Aalesund
• Alesund

Borrowed from Norwegian Ålesund.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːləsʊn/, /ˈɔːləsʊnd/

Ålesund

1. A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

• Aalesund in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• (Bokmål) IPA^(key): /²ɔːləsʉn/

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Ålesund

1. Ålesund, a town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The municipalities of Haram, Sandøy, Skodje and Ørskog are to be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020.

• ålesunder

From Old Norse *Álasund, from áll (“eel”) or áll (“stripe; channel”, cf. Icelandic áll) +‎ sund (“sound”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Álasund.

• IPA^(key): /²ɔːləsʊn(d)/
• (Ålesund) IPA^(key): [²o̞ːləsʉnd], (older) [²o̞ːləsʏnd]

Ålesund n (definite Ålesundet)

1. A city and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
2. A sound in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

• ålesunding, ålesundar (“a person from Ålesund”)